Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The Goldfields
Sunrise seen from the top of Kokerbin Rock
Kokerbin Rock
Lake Lefroy - a 560 sq km big salt lake
Sunset at Lake Ballard
'Inside Australia' - 51 statues spread out over Lake Ballard
Gwalia - old mining town, abandoned in 1963
KCGM Superpit - 3.5 km long, 1.5 km wide and 360 m deep - produces 28 tonnes of gold per year
Carrying 225 tonnes of material, only one in every 6 trucks carries gold. This gold, once processed, is the size of a golf ball, which is about 16 ounces.
70 ton shovel with Kalgoorlie in the background
underground mining
Leonora - the terraces
Cave Hill nature reserve
moon over Lake Johnston
the breakaways
rock dragon
Hyden - wave rock
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